Master of the Universe

August 31, 2010 | by Stefan Slonevskiy | Category: Devotions

“Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature…” Col.1:15

Colossian saints were in danger of losing a proper sense of the profound power and eminence of Jesus Christ in their own world. Many Christians are like this today. Many true believers appear to have little sense that Jesus is active in their lives here and now. Some churches seem to treat Jesus as the British treat their monarch: they strip him or her of all political power, and do not expect the sovereign to do anything at all except to look good. They treat their monarchs with great respect and reverence, and pay much lip service, but they really do not expect anything from them. That is the way Christians all too often treat the Lord Jesus. This passage calls us back to face the fact of Who Jesus is: simply, He is in charge of the universe!…

This passage is a truly astounding claim. In these brief phrases the apostle points out Christ’s nature as God, His work as Creator, and His continuing relationship to the worlds that He has made… the little boy who was drawing pictures on the floor one day as his mother was working. She said to him, “What are you drawing?” He said, “I’m drawing a picture of God.” “But no one knows what God looks like,” she said. “They will when I get through!” the boy replied. There is a rather profound truth in that story when it is applied to Jesus. It is as though that little Baby lying in the manger in Bethlehem is a picture being drawn for us. It would be proper to say of that Baby that when He finishes His life’s work, men will know what God is like.

– Ray Stedman, Master of the Universe